olive smythies (17 risultati)

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2007). (1961) 2007 new reprint. Pp220,ads. B/w photograph plates. Red cloth. Fine in dust-wrapper. Autobiography of a Forest Officer's wife, living in one of the remoter parts of Northern India. Includes many observations of Nepal, Burma and the East Indies, tiger shooting, duck shooting and maneaters. Books published in India are generally not as strongly bound as those published in the West. This book, and other Indian books in this list, although new and unused may be rather bumped. This is to be expected and these books are not returnable for any reason related to condition. .

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket.

220pp. Index. 21 b/w illustrations. Life in Naini Tal, Nepal and Burma with Forest Service husband. Very good. Spine lettering faded.

220pp. Index. 21 b/w illustrations. Life in Naini Tal, Nepal and Burma with Forest Service husband. Very good in very good dustwrapper but a little ink annotation on a few pages by an owner who has lived in Naini Tal.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Octavo. 220pp. Red boards in dust jacket. Frontispiece and 15 additional plates. Jacket is edgewear worn and rubbed. A few bumps to the boards.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. HALL, GWEN (illustratore). First Edition. 205x135x20mm+251g . . Heinemann. Kingswood Surrey. 1954. First Edition. 1st Printing. . : Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$11.20.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in jacket 1961. 1st edition. Clean & tight book. TANNED PAGES. No inscriptions. Jacket has a little edge wear. Front flap is price-clipped. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref b9383.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Hard cover book in good condition with dust jacket in good- condition. Creasing and numerous small tears and chips to all edges of browned jacket. Bumps to head and foot of spine. Spotting and marks to edges fo text block. Hinges slightly weak in places internally. Pages lightly tanned throughout. 8vo. 220pp.

220pp. Index. 21 b/w illustrations. Life in Naini Tal, Nepal and Burma with Forest Service husband. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper.

First Edition, 8vo, pp220 indexed, bound in brown cloth gilt, illustrated D/W. B/w frontispiece photograph, further b/w photographs in text. Minor wear to D/W else a copy in Good condition. (Shelf 97) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Condizione: Good. Picture Shown is For Illustration Purposes Only, Please See Below For Further DetailsCONDITION ? GOOD 1961, protective sleeve to jacket, Some wear/foxing/grub/marks to jacket, foxing to fore edges, pages in good condition, shipped from the UK.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: no dj. Ten Thousand Miles on Elephants. Book.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Nice copy octavo. 145pp., frontis., b/w ills., Ownership signature, o/w nice copy.

Pp. 220. With twenty-two illustrations made from photographs. Publisher's red cloth in decorated dust-jacket. Some minor wear to corners of the jacket but overall a great copy. First edition. Esmé Scott-Stevensson wife of a Forestry Officer and conservationist, lived for many years in India. She and her husband travelled in remote areas, on elephants or ponies, sometimes on foot. They also travelled extensively in Burma and Borneo, and resided for some years in Nepal.

Hard Back. First Edition. First Edition Hard Back Beautifully illustrated dust jacket in overall good condition despite a little surface wear to the front Small closed tears to the extremities with a small piece missing to the top of the spine and rear edge There is a small circular label to the spine Original black cloth boards with slight bumping to the corners otherwise in excellent condition Previous owners green ink inscription to the front paste down and to the top of the first chapter Pages otherwise are clean and bright throughout illustrated pp xi 230 Overall a good copy The author the wife of a forest officer in India writes of her own life and duties over a period of thirty years it is a story of big game hunting fishing and journeying in forest and junglenbsp. book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, Olive Smythies spent 30 years from 1911-1941 in the Indian jungle in Kumaon area where Jim Corbett, the great slayer of Man eating Tigers and Leopard sprang into fame. The author's husband, Evelyn Smythies was a conservator of Forests based in Naini Tal, the hometown of Corbett also. They became great friends, and they both played a key role in establishing India's first National Park ( now called the Jim. Corbett National Park in 1935. This book mainly deals with tiger hunting, including man eaters, and once the author almost got killed by a large male tiger when it attacked suspended machan, high up on tree branches, where she was sitting to shoot the tiger. The tiger ripped the seat while trying to pull her down. Fortunately, her husband shot and killed the tiger on the last second (see images). There are several thrilling incidents like this in the book. Illustrated with photo plates, a well kept book in a smoke free environment all these 68 years, a small neat signature of the previous owner on the blank page dated 1953, and comes with a crisp laser printed dust jacket. which is brighter and spotless, and thicker than the one originally issued. The book too is very good, clean and spotless. A Very Good volume at a very reasonable price.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Signed. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xi, 230.Frontis of Olive Smythies on an elephant,and circa 20 illus. Glossary. Signed presentation from the author. Original black cloth with gilt spine titles. Light foxing to fore-edge otherwise very good indeed in a slightly edge-nicked, very good indeed, unclipped dust jacket showing leopard skin. Signedes.